Safe



Jan. 11 1927. 1,613,813

E. H. WESTLAND SAFE Filed Nov. 19,1925

Patented Jan. 11, 1927.

UNITED ST ES 1 1,613,813 PATENT oFrIc EMII. I-I. wEs'rLANI), or CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

SAFE.

Application filed November 19, 1925. Serial No. 69,985.

These improvements relate more particularly to small safes or lockedcompartment devices, and one very useful application of the invention isin the'construction of childrens so -called savings banks;

The principal objects are to provide a simple and cheap device of thecharacter described according to which the contents are preservedsecurely, and, in an important aspect, to provide a toy savings bankwhich, through its form, appearance and mode of operation simulatingcertain characteristics of the larger bank vaults, has a peculiar appealto all concerned in the use of such devices. Other objects andadvantages will appear hereinafter. 7 r p In the drawings Figure 1 showsa face view of my novel safe or bank inits preferred I'ormjFig. 2 is aside view, with'the h! coin container partly broken away; Fig. Q is aslde'view of a modified form wlth the container walls and supportingstand partly broken away; Fig. 4 is a front end view of the devlce of F1g. 8, on a smaller scale, and Fig. 5 IS a medial vertlcal sectionthrough the lock mechanism.

In the construction of my improved bank I have found a certain so-calledcombination lock well suited to my purposes and shown in the patent toSteen, No. 1,291,228 of January 14, 1919, entitled Lock. Fig. 5 of thepresent drawings is reproduced from Fig. 2 of said Steen patent, as tothe lock mechanism. This lock member or unit com prises a cylindricalbody 10 having combination-lock mechanism therein, a rotatable eX ternalknob 11 provided with a pointer 12 traveling over a dial 13, well shownin Figs. 1 and 4, and a locking member 14 in the form of a bail orU-shaped member, the two legs of which pass into the lock body 10through a pair of top lateral openings 15 (one of which is shown in Fig.8) and issuing from the lock body through lateral openings 16 (one alsoshown in at the lower portion of the lock body.

It is not necessary, in view of the Steen patent mentioned. toillustrate or describe the particular lock mechanism within the lockbody 10, but it will sutlice here to point out that the locking member14 contains a notch normally within the lock body, which notch isengaged by a detent to hold the bail 14 to the lock body 10, whichdetentis released through the operation of tumblers turned by the fingerpiece 11 when moving the pointer 12 back and forth to predeterminedgraduations ofthe dial. 1

Referringto Figs. 2 and 3 the coin container or safe body 20 is formedof thin sheet metal and is provided at 21 with a slot through whichcoins maybeinserted from time to time. The sa't'e body. 20 is shown asbeing cylindrical throughout. The cylindrical lock body 10 fits nicelywithin the cylindrical open end of the safe body 20 and constitutes theclosure for this opening at the front end of the safe body through whichaccess may be had to the interiorwhen the lock body is removed.

The lock bod 10 is held securely in its closure positionby means of thelocking member 14, thelegs of which pass througl'i lock body 10 isproperly inserted into the open end of the safe body 20 there arealigning holes through the body 20 and the body 10 for the legs of theU-shaped member 14, and by inserting the locking member 14 into thesealigning openings, as illustrated, the bodies 10 and 20 are securelylocked together, and to separate them it is necessary to operate thefinger-Wheel 11 until the combination is worked and the locking member14 released and then to withdraw the locking member.

In the'device of Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown a circular ornamental piece25 suggestive of a frame part of a larger safe, having a flange 26 alsoprovided with holes through which the legs of the locking member 14extend, the ornamental front piece 25 thereby being locked to the otherparts by this same locking member 14. In the device of Fig. 2 the lowerend of the legs or looking I contemplate as being included in theseimprovements such changes and departures from what is specificallyherein set forth as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a safe, the combination of a lock body having lock mechanismtherein and having a locking member extending into the lock body andlocked therein and releasable for withdrawal therefrom throughtheoperation of the lock mechanism, walls forming a hollow safe body, thesafe body having an opening for gaining access to the hollow interiorthereof, said lock body being positioned at and serving as a closure forsaid opening, and means carr ed by the sai s body and cooperating withsaid locking member to hold the lock body in its closure position untilthe locking memberis released for withdrawal through the operation ofthe lock mechanism and withdrawn from the lock body.

2. In a safe, the combination of a lock body having combination lockmechanism therein and dial-and-pointer means for oper- ,ating same, andhavmg a locking member extending into the lock body and locked thereinand releasable for withdrawal therefrom through the operation of thelock mechanism, walls forming a hollow safe body, the safe body havingan opening for gaining access to the hollow interior thereof, said lockbody being positioned at and serving as a closure for said opening, saidlocking member extending through a wall of the safe body, when the lockbody is in its closure position, to lock body and the safe body togetheruntil the locking member is released for withdrawal through theoperation of the lock mechanism and withdrawal from the lock body.

3. In a childs savings bank, the combination of a cylindrical lock bodyhaving lock mechanism therein and an external operating knob anddial-and-pointer elements through which the lock mechanism is operated,there being a substantially U-shaped locking member having its legsextending into the lock body and locked therein and releasable forwithdrawal therefrom through the operation of the lock mechanism, wallsforming a hollow safe body having a coin slot therein, the safe bodyhaving a circular opening for gaining access to the hollow interiorthereof, the lock body fitting and serving as a closure for saidopening, the safe body having openings through which the legs of saidU-shaped member extend when the lock body is in itsclosure position tolock the lock body and the safe body to gether until the U-shaped memberis released for withdrawal through the operation of the lock mechanismand withdrawn.

EMIL H. WVESTLAND.

